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HR5176

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -11.95°   Az: 181.56°   Direction: South

HR5176 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5176 visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its faintness, HR5176 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR5176 star
DSS2 image of HR5176. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5176 during the next 1000 years (-2.52 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 49m 15s
-50° 26’ 48”
00h 09m 34s
13h 58m 49s

J2000

13h 47m 38s
-50° 19’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

312.04°
11.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5176.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.45
Giant

-0.27
K2III
4017K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5176 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5176. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5176 is distant 454.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

139.28
454.04
28 km/s
-0.151 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241177
SAO241177

Visibility from Your Location

HR5176 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK